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COINDESK DAILY: Will Trump’s "Liberation Day" Tariffs Pump Bitcoin?

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry including bitcoin's reaction ahead of Trump's tariff "Liberation Day" announcement.

Bitcoin rallies ahead of Trump's tariff "Liberation Day" announcement, USDC-issuer Circle plans an IPO, and GameStop closes a $1.5B offering to buy BTC. CoinDesk’s Christine Lee explains on "CoinDesk Daily."

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0:00.0

Trump's so-called Liberation Day for tariffs will be announced this afternoon.

0:04.0

It's Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025. I'm Christine Lee. This is CoinDest Daily.

0:14.0

After several days of losses, Bitcoin is rallying, as anticipation builds for U.S. President Donald Trump's

0:20.0

so-called Liberation Day for

0:21.7

Terracement scheduled for Wednesday at 4 p.m. Eastern. Trump will add tariffs against 15

0:27.9

countries that have levied retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., including China, Canada, and Mexico.

0:34.4

NBC News reporting the market's most feared option blanket 20% tariffs across the board

0:40.3

is less likely to be the direction taken by the White House. Instead, a tiered system of different

0:46.0

rates or country-by-country rates could be announced. Grayscale head of research, Zach Pendle

0:51.5

telling coin us that the impact of tariffs on crypto could be priced in already and the worst might be over.

0:58.1

Meanwhile, Circle, the issuer of USDC, stablecoin is planning to go public. The company has filed an S1 form with the SEC to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol Circle.

1:10.2

Circle reported $1.7 billion in reserve income

1:13.3

from its stable coin operations at the end of 2024. Bitcoin purchases from video game retailer

1:20.0

GameStop could be imminent or may have already begun after the company closed on its offering

1:25.6

of $1.3 billion of five-year convertible notes.

1:29.7

The $200 million green shoe option was fully exercised by the initial purchaser,

1:33.7

bringing the total amount of the sale to $1.5 billion, according to a filing Monday.

1:39.0

Last week, GameStop announced full board approval of an update to the company investment policy

1:43.8

to add bitcoin to the

1:44.9

corporate balance sheet. Hey don't forget to register for consensus Toronto happening this may 14th to the 16th.

1:52.1

You don't want to miss it. Go to consensus.coindus.com for details.

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